Types Of Prison Sentence: Suspended Prison Sentences - GOV.UK

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Contents

1. Concurrent and consecutive sentences
2. Suspended prison sentences
3. Determinate prison sentences
4. Indeterminate prison sentences
5. Life sentences
6. Sentences for children and young people under 18

Suspended prison sentences

A suspended prison sentence is served in the community instead of in prison.

You might need to meet certain conditions if you get a suspended prison sentence.

For example you might need to:

• stay away from a certain place
• do unpaid work, called Community Payback

If you break the conditions of a suspended sentence you can be sent to prison.

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